When spending a first night with someone, most women would expect the only thing they would be sharing the bed with was their chosen other.

Among the last things you might wish to discover is a pair of knickers… that aren’t yours.

Unfortunately, for one 30-year-old woman from London, this was exactly what was lurking in the bed of her new boyfriend on their first night together.

Funnily enough, their relationship ran into trouble pretty early on…

Her tale was just one of many unfortunate finds revealed in a survey of the worst bed-sharing stories.

Other instances of unwelcome guests included that of a 23-year-old man from Newcastle who spent a disturbed night under the watchful gaze of 30 pairs of beady eyes. His new squeeze shared her bed with dozens of cuddly toys.

And pity the 36-year-old man in Brighton whose new girlfriend insisted she could not sleep without the dulcet tones of the cast of Glee playing her into the land of nod.

Despite this, it is ‘too much cuddling’ which most Britons think is the biggest turn-off in the bedroom on the first night.

Dirty sheets, snoring, hogging the duvet and unwelcome bodily functions also didn’t go down well on the first night, according to 2,000 men and women surveyed by mattress makers http://www.Ergoflex.co.uk.